Ashley Bason

March 27th, 2018

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InTASC #6 Reflection

Throughout my schooling, tests, quizzes, and major projects appeared to be the main

three ways in which teacher assessed whether or not students were knowledgeable about

information taught. InTASC Standard #6 states, “The teacher understands and uses multiple

methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and

to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making” (Council of Chief State School Officers,

2013, p. 30). In other words, teacher should think about the various ways in which they evaluate

students' academic progress. These evaluations should help the teacher monitor progress, but it

should also help students keep track of their academic progression. Evaluations should serve the

purpose of helping both teachers and students to decide the next course of actions within a given

lesson.

A practical example of InTASC Standard #6 would be a teacher giving his or her students

a pre-assessment before beginning a new lesson. Maybe the teacher asks students if they are

familiar with specific vocabulary words. The teacher could use the collected date to figure out

which parts of the lesson may be more teacher-led because students are unfamiliar with the

language used. Throughout the lesson, students could add notes to their vocabulary sheet in order

to see how their understanding of specific words progresses throughout the lesson.

Within an English Language Arts classroom, a teacher may give reading quizzes. The

reading quizzes could contain questions that require students to think critically about different

parts of the test. The teacher could use the quiz results to understand which skills the students
make need more practice with in order to look at the text more critically. As students learn new

reading skills, they may be able to see a difference in their response when they are asked to think

critically about a text.

InTASC Standard #6 is important when it comes to student learning because it allows for

the teacher to see whether students may struggle. Then, the teacher can adjust his or her

instructional approach to better suit his or her students.